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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to ensure the return to school is safe and sustainable; the investments that will be required for this; and the work she has undertaken with other Departments in furtherance of this aim. [45807/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Sinn Féin has always said that the priority must be a safe and sustainable return to school. We all know that in-school learning is unmatched in terms of children's development but there is clearly a distance to go in terms of some of the mitigation measures. There are issues to address in schools, not least securing CO2 monitors and adequate ventilation. How does the Minister plan to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister instanced the return to school documents that schools have received. As I demonstrated on Tuesday, and as has been borne out since, there are contradictions between that document and the HSE advice. On Tuesday, at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Education, the Minister said that she did not expect any significant changes in terms of contact tracing or mitigation...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Using my words as a suggestion that the Minister was forthright is not totally consistent. However, if the Minister is saying she was not fully aware of the situation as it was at that stage, of course I accept that. That said, I still urge her to ensure the CMO addresses parents and school staff about these changes and that the Minister makes it clear what these changes will mean on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Will the Minister comment on filtration?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will discuss the difficulties new and developing schools are facing in accessing special educational supports. [45694/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (23 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clear and uniform guidance to schools on the use of lockers for students to store books during the school day. [45693/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to provide CO2 monitors to every classroom to ensure adequate ventilation. [45692/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to achieve pay equality and pension entitlements for school caretakers. [45690/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport is running at 100% capacity; the steps she is taking to increase the number of seats available on school buses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45691/21]

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This Bill is about the restructuring of divisions and districts, a lot of which flows from the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. While I did not agree with all of the commission's recommendations, by and large the thrust of what was put forward made an awful lot of sense in the context of the reorientation towards community policing. I have previously paid tribute to the fact...

Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is a particularly grim time to be a renter in Cork or elsewhere. I do not believe there has ever been a good time to be a renter. Historically, the protections available to renters in this State have been very poor compared with those in other jurisdictions. This legislation, which I welcome, would go some distance towards rectifying that. However, the inequality that exists between...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (22 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for an inquest at each coroner’s office. [45286/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (22 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances in Cork city and county in each of the years 2016 to 2021, by ambulance depot in tabular form. [45283/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (22 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of ambulances by county in tabular form. [45284/21]

Education (Voluntary Contributions) Bill 2021: First Stage (21 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision whereby the Minister for Education shall make regulations governing the collection by schools of voluntary contributions from parents/guardians; to provide for the publication of the total monies collected annually and a detailed expenditure of those monies by schools; and for those purposes to amend the...

Education (Voluntary Contributions) Bill 2021: First Stage (21 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Chair and the Minister for their kind wishes. They are appreciated by me and my wife. Baby and mammy are doing great altogether. Thank you very much. I will start off with the Cork Life Centre. I am encouraged by and welcome the Minister’s statement. I welcome it because it does not seem to suggest, as I feared it would, that everything has been fixed. Everything...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have only a few seconds left and I have a further question to pose.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Reopening of Schools, Cork Life Centre, School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion. (21 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am anxious to ask my other question. The Minister needs to lean on the HSE to provide more resources. One area of confusion is that there seems to be a discrepancy between the advice the HSE is providing and the advice contained in the Covid-19 response plan provided by the Department of Education as to when a child should self-isolate and the symptoms involved. The Department document...